Your online reputation or digital footprint is both real and valuable. Your Facebook or Twitter page is your digital CV and valuable to your reputation and future career. Celebrities can afford to employ Reputation Managers to trawl through the net to clean or hide the unsavourable and to trend the positive news about them and their lives. Can you?
The best online safety strategy is to talk to your child. The online world is very much part of young people's world today, they are "growing up digital", and technology is embedded in every aspect of their lives. As parents your natural desire is to keep your children safe.
The SID2013 campaign targets teen bystanders who witness instances of online bullying. The aim is to encourage young people to intervene positively to show their support and solidarity with victims of online bullying. And, to help, the experts have put together this advice.
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Some of the most common questions that parents have about online safety are answered in this short article put together by the Webwise experts
The internet is a wonderful learning resource packed with fascinating and informative information, games and websites. But, the net is also a dangerous place where pornographic websites flourish and where unscrupulous individuals try to scam, groom and target vulnerable users, including children. So, as a parent or teacher, you would like to know the best, and safest, sites to recommend to your children or students.
While cyber bullying often takes place at home and at night, the consequences are often felt in school. In addition, cyber bullying can be an extension of traditional bullying in school and consequently schools have a role, working with the wider school community, and in particular parents, in tackling this issue.
Worried about something you have seen online or concerned about your child? Childline and the National Parents Council Primary offer free advice and support service.
Childline is a support service for young people up to the age of 18.There is a 24hr telephone, online and mobile phone texting service.
The National Parents Council Primary enables and empowers parents to be effective partners in their children’s education.
Sometimes you might unwittingly stumble across illegal online content like child abuse imagery. Always remember: you can report it and get it removed using Hotline.ie.
Hotline.ie exists to combat the distribution and proliferation of illegal content, like child sexual
abuse content, in conjunction with police and Internet Industry